Podcaster James English due for sentencing after domestic abuse conviction

Podcaster James English is due in court for a sentencing hearing after he was convicted of domestic abuse of his former partner – including while she was pregnant.English, 43, was found guilty of engaging in a course of behaviour which was abusive of the woman between July 2022 and November 2023 in Glasgow and elsewhere.He was convicted of several allegations on the single charge following a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court.These included an incident where he seized her neck and pinned her against a door when she was pregnant, and another where he pressed his thumbs into her eyebrows.Read MoreOther incidents included kicking her on the body causing her to fall off a bed, and striking her on the face.English is due to return to Glasgow Sheriff Court for a sentencing hearing.The 43-year-old, from Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, appeared in Glow, the Scottish reality TV series, and went on to launch the podcast, Anything Goes, which has more than 800,000 subscribers on YouTube.A description on the YouTube channel says it is “the home of raw, unfiltered, and powerful conversations” with guests including “true crime figures, ex-gangsters and police officers”.